Post-Game Talk: Rangers @ Predators -- 10/21/21
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I don't get the Hunt hate. Our fourth line is solid this year when everyone is healthy.
I'm a fan of Hunt. wish he had a little more skill. He is a 4th liner. Would like to see him get pk type. Maybe we have a less skilled Prust here. I'm just shocked this team has 0 fighting majors to start the season
Great game. Great post game thread.
We all love the Rangers, but I have to throw in some love for Roman Josi who is just spectacular. Not many defensemen can share the ice with Fox and be better than him: Josi is one of them.
We all love the Rangers, but I have to throw in some love for Roman Josi who is just spectacular. Not many defensemen can share the ice with Fox and be better than him: Josi is one of them.
Lays
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Through 4 games Makar is a -9 and only has one assist, but according to the main boards he’s still significantly better than Fox lol
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Mack was in covid protocol to start the season and Landeskog was suspended 2 games for a hit in the season opener. Both have been back for a couple games now.
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Agreed.
They were the 2nd line tonight. They clicked because they used their speed and kept going north. I think Chytil is a 2nd line center if he's playing with the right linemates. I don't think Chytil is ever going to be an east west kind of player. But if you give him linemates that can keep up with him, he can lug pucks, he can skate and he can open things up. But if he's on a line where hes going east west his #1 tool is being negated. His straight away speed.
That said, the chemistry between Blais and Laf is for real.
Panarin went more north/south today and you could see he was playing in more traffic, taking more hits along the walls. Not sure he likes that game. But Zibby and Kreids play that north/south speed-pressure game too.
I think Kakko is a better fit to play with Zib or Chytil than Panarin. But we'll see.
Most encouraging signs of the game: The Predators played a heavy, chippy game and we held up just fine and if anything got better as the game wore on. I thought our D corps did a very good job in our zone. All 3 pairs. Least scrambly game from Lundkvist all year. Looks to be figuring out his own end. And was physically engaged quite a bit.
Ottawa is going to come at us with their speedy youngins. Gonna take a different kind of effort. Definitely going to need to get pucks deep and wear them down.
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No idea but they’re struggling big time to start the season. Still early or course and I believe in them to turn it around but it’s comical seeing the Avs fanbase turn on Makar.
KevinFinnerty
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I think Panarin is a little bit sad that him and Shesty are the only Russians left on the team now that Kravstov p***yed out of the AHL for a stint. I’d be in my feelings too if they traded away my boy to the west coast and my other comrade just gave up on the organization. Who knows what he’s going through honestly but he doesn’t look like himself yet.
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has he bled yet? if not, there's your answer
Ditto for Kreider, Miller, Blais, and Hunt.
Feel free to carry on hating Georgiev though...
I thought Blais would be a better fit than Buch from the jump...but as it turns out Blais is just a better player. And that's not a knock on Buch
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You are correct. He looks kinda ragged. Worn down. Either he's not in great shape due to offseason injury recovery time or he's already nicked up and no one's saying anything. But it seems clear that he's not his normal solid self at the moment.
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Blais looks good. But We have only played a handfull of meaningful games This far. He has previously had consistency issues in his NHL career which have inhibited taking the next step. Hopefully that is behind him and he has a William Karlsson kind of trajectory with Gallant. Adding one more real piece, likely a center, a few extra experienced depth pieces up front and another veteran R defender plus a consistent backup will be the real challenge for this team if they want to make noise. VK was probably not an optimal answer in the bottom 6 ever. Maybe his real value has always only been in a trade after we won the 2 lotteries. We have a lot of other movable pieces. Let’s see what happens…
I think that it’s obvious from day 1 that he isn’t in top shape. He is gassed after shifts, grasping for air, but he also has a choppier stride and that is a classic sign of that your legs are a bit stiff. He still makes great plays and I am a big fan, but he mailed it in this off season no doubt. Also don’t think it has anything to do with laziness. Haven’t he also looked a bit down?
Lastly, the above is just my speculation. Take it for what it’s worth.
I agree but I also think it’s important to remember that hockey players in general — are not very consistent YTY. And especially not at that age. There is just a large standard variance.
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great win - once that pp clicks we gonna be in good shape
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